Improvement in pocket-books



UNITED STATES LOUIS SAARBACI, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKT-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,307. dated AAngnst8, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUTs SAARBAGH, ot' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Improvement in Pocket-Books, 85e.; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in a plate secured to "ihe side of apocket-book,andarranged to slide over thelatter and over the flap turned down `usualconstruction, a being' the front side,

against which is folded the flap b, the latter being a prolongation ofthe hack of the pocket-book. 4

-Aoross the front side of the book extends a metal plate, B, each end ofwhich is bent over thc edge of the front side, a, of the book, so thatthe plate may slide readily across this side from the position shown inFig. 1 tothe posi tion shown in dotted lines in the same ligure.

When the book is closed and the iap b has to be secured against thepsidea. the plate B is brought to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. l,and the end of the ap'is introduced between the plate and the hook. Theplate B is then raised over the front side of the book and over the tlapb to the position shown in Fig. l, the flap being thus securelyfastenedin its place. When the bool: has to be opened the plate isbrought to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. '1, when the end ofthe iiap may he readily withdrawn from under` the plate.

It will he apparent that the device is simple and cheap, and can bereadily applied to 0rdinary books without altering the construction ot'the latter.

I claim as my invention, and desireA to secnre by Letters Patenti Theplate B, attached to' a pocket-hook orl porte-monnaie, so as to slideover the side of the same and secure the ap l, substantially asdescribed. t i

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS SAARBACH. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FOSTER., JOHN WHITE.'

